PED 1803 PEDIATRICS CORE CLERKSHIP
The six-week pediatric rotation is divided into four weeks on the inpatient service at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, one week in the Emergency Department, and one week in the newborn nursery at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Inpatient Service: During the four-week inpatient rotation, students are placed on one of the general pediatric inpatient clinical services at Children’s for two weeks and on one of the six subspecialty services for two weeks. Students are part of the clinical management team under the supervision of a full-time faculty attending physician and an upper-level pediatric resident. The number of patients each student follows is determined by his or her individual educational requirements. Each student is expected to take initial histories, perform initial physical exams, write daily progress notes on his or her assigned patients, and be prepared to present them on daily rounds. Students spend one week in the Emergency Department, including a late night and weekend ED shift, and one week in the newborn nursery at Parkland. During the newborn nursery week, students examine healthy newborns and may attend complicated deliveries. The course in pediatrics is designed to emphasize normal growth and development and the impact of disease and its treatment on the developing child. Additionally, the prevention of disease and injury, along with the role of the physician as child advocate, is stressed.